San Juaquin Coal Mine
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San Juaquin Coal Mine (Mina San Juaquin) is an operating coal mine in Amagá, Antioquia, Colombia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| San Juaquin Coal Mine | Amagá, Antioquia, Colombia | 6.037294, -75.6932 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | – | 2008 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.292[1] | 2021[1] | Underground | – | – | 494* | 366[2] |
Table 4: Coal resources and destination
| Total Reserves (Mt) | Year of Total Reserves Recorded | Total Resources (Mt) | Coalfield | Coal Type | Coal Grade | Primary Consumer/ Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | – | – | – | Subbituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Grupo Corporativo Vatia S.A.S [Vatia] | Grupo Corporativo Vatia S.A.S (Vatia) [100%] | Colombia |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.
Background
San Juaquin Mine or San Joaquin Mine is a coal mine located in the municipality of Amagá, in southwestern Antioquia, Colombia.[3] The San Juaquin Mine is owned by Carbones San Fernando SAS[3][4][5], which is a subsidiary of Grupo Corporativo Vatia S.A.S (Vatia).[3] Operating since April 2008, it is one of the largest longwall mines in Colombia.[3] The mine's initial production was 80,600 tons per year, but according to the EPA, between 2008 and 2017 the mine "consistently produced approximately 180,000 tons per year" with "an estimated operational life span of over 50 years."[3] A more recent report from 2021 estimated that the mine's average production was 800 tonnes of coal per day.[6]
Accidents and fatalities
2010 Explosion
73 miners died in an explosion in the San Juaquin Mine in 2010. According to reporters, it was one of the "worst mining accidents in the country." One week prior to the explosion, an engineer had warned that something must be urgently done by Carbones San Fernando SAS to control the high temperatures inside the mine, improve ventilation, lower the dangerous level of methane gas, and manage dust. Reports later found that the dust and gas in the mine made it easier for the fire to spread throughout the mine, killing the miners. The cause of the fire remains unknown.[7][8] The company offered new homes and payments of two million pesos to the miners' widows, in exchange for giving up their claims to any future compensation.[7]
In April 2023, a young man died after injuries incurred in the San Juaquin mine when the man was trapped in mining-related machinery.[9]
- Owner: Carbones San Fernando SAS[3][4][5]
- Parent company: Grupo Corporativo Vatia S.A.S (Vatia)[3]
- Location: Antioquia, Amagá, Colombia[3]
- GPS coordinates: 6.0282939,75.6922416
- Mine status: Operating
- Start year: 2008[3]
- Mineable reserves: 25 million tonnes[10]
- Coal type: sub-bituminous[3]
- Mine size: 1,206.7 acres[3] (483 hectares[10])
- Mine type: Underground[3]
- Production: 292,000 tonnes per annum (800 tonnes per day)[6]
- Additional proposed production: expansion planned to continue production rate of 180,000 tons per annum[3]
- Equipment:
- Number of employees: 366[10] to 500[6]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240229064631/https://gmhabogados.com.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2012-00099-03.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 February 2024.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 United States Environmental Protection Agency Coalbed outreach program Pre-Feasibility Study for Methane Drainage and Utilization at the San Juaquin Mine, Antioquia Department, Colombia United States Government, July 2017, accessed Nov 7, 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Colombia: Minería para la Vida (p 29)" (PDF). Agencia Nacional de Minería. December 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Colombia - Diversidad Minera (p 21)" (PDF). Agencia Nacional de Minería. April 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Reparación de Perjuicios / Culpa Patronal (p 3-30)" (PDF). Tribunal Administrativo de Antioquia. September 9, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 Las viudas de Amagá Semana July 23, 2011
- ↑ Ministry of Mines and Energy Informe preliminar de la investigación del accidente fatal de 73 trabajadores Government of Colombia, July 2010
- ↑ Tragedia en Amagá, Antioquia. Un joven murió al interior de un socavón de carbón, Semana, April 11, 2023.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Dulcey Torres, Sergio Andrés (2016). "Actualización del Sistema de Gestión de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo SG-SST - La Mina Carbones San Fernando Ubicada en el Municipio de Amagá, Departamento de Antioquia (pp 22-23)" (PDF). Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica De Colombia, Escuela de Ingeniería de Minas, Sogamoso.
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